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Status published
Critical
CVE-2007-5395
Stack-based buffer overflow in the separate_word function in tokenize.c in...
Vulnerability Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the separate_word function in tokenize.c in Link Grammar 4.1b and possibly other versions, as used in AbiWord Link Grammar 4.2.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long word, as reachable through the separate_sentence function.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27340
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26365
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-78/advisory/
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=450695
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00411.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38317
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3771
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28101
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-27.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3770
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1432
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196803
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-545-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27300
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=371221
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483370/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27702
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27783
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483368/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-79/advisory/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27631
Affected Vendor
link grammar
View all reports →Affected Software
link grammar, abiword link grammar
Vulnerable Versions:
4.1b, 4.2.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 8th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.